diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cros-ec-tunnel.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cros-ec-tunnel.c
index 8e7a714..dd07818 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cros-ec-tunnel.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cros-ec-tunnel.c
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ static int ec_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg i2c_msgs[],
 	u8 *request = NULL;
 	u8 *response = NULL;
 	int result;
+	struct cros_ec_command msg;
 
 	request_len = ec_i2c_count_message(i2c_msgs, num);
 	if (request_len < 0) {
@@ -218,9 +219,15 @@ static int ec_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg i2c_msgs[],
 	}
 
 	ec_i2c_construct_message(request, i2c_msgs, num, bus_num);
-	result = bus->ec->command_sendrecv(bus->ec, EC_CMD_I2C_PASSTHRU,
-					   request, request_len,
-					   response, response_len);
+
+	msg.version = 0;
+	msg.command = EC_CMD_I2C_PASSTHRU;
+	msg.outdata = request;
+	msg.outsize = request_len;
+	msg.indata = response;
+	msg.insize = response_len;
+
+	result = bus->ec->cmd_xfer(bus->ec, &msg);
 	if (result)
 		goto exit;
 
@@ -258,7 +265,7 @@ static int ec_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	u32 remote_bus;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!ec->command_sendrecv) {
+	if (!ec->cmd_xfer) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Missing sendrecv\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/cros_ec_keyb.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/cros_ec_keyb.c
index 4083796..b8341ab 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/cros_ec_keyb.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/cros_ec_keyb.c
@@ -191,8 +191,16 @@ static void cros_ec_keyb_close(struct input_dev *dev)
 
 static int cros_ec_keyb_get_state(struct cros_ec_keyb *ckdev, uint8_t *kb_state)
 {
-	return ckdev->ec->command_recv(ckdev->ec, EC_CMD_MKBP_STATE,
-					  kb_state, ckdev->cols);
+	struct cros_ec_command msg = {
+		.version = 0,
+		.command = EC_CMD_MKBP_STATE,
+		.outdata = NULL,
+		.outsize = 0,
+		.indata = kb_state,
+		.insize = ckdev->cols,
+	};
+
+	return ckdev->ec->cmd_xfer(ckdev->ec, &msg);
 }
 
 static int cros_ec_keyb_work(struct notifier_block *nb,
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c
index 49ed8c3..4851ed2 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c
@@ -44,34 +44,6 @@ int cros_ec_prepare_tx(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cros_ec_prepare_tx);
 
-static int cros_ec_command_sendrecv(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
-		uint16_t cmd, void *out_buf, int out_len,
-		void *in_buf, int in_len)
-{
-	struct cros_ec_command msg;
-
-	msg.version = cmd >> 8;
-	msg.command = cmd & 0xff;
-	msg.outdata = out_buf;
-	msg.outsize = out_len;
-	msg.indata = in_buf;
-	msg.insize = in_len;
-
-	return ec_dev->cmd_xfer(ec_dev, &msg);
-}
-
-static int cros_ec_command_recv(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
-		uint16_t cmd, void *buf, int buf_len)
-{
-	return cros_ec_command_sendrecv(ec_dev, cmd, NULL, 0, buf, buf_len);
-}
-
-static int cros_ec_command_send(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
-		uint16_t cmd, void *buf, int buf_len)
-{
-	return cros_ec_command_sendrecv(ec_dev, cmd, buf, buf_len, NULL, 0);
-}
-
 static irqreturn_t ec_irq_thread(int irq, void *data)
 {
 	struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev = data;
@@ -104,10 +76,6 @@ int cros_ec_register(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev)
 
 	BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&ec_dev->event_notifier);
 
-	ec_dev->command_send = cros_ec_command_send;
-	ec_dev->command_recv = cros_ec_command_recv;
-	ec_dev->command_sendrecv = cros_ec_command_sendrecv;
-
 	if (ec_dev->din_size) {
 		ec_dev->din = devm_kzalloc(dev, ec_dev->din_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!ec_dev->din)
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h b/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
index 2b0c598..60c0880 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ struct cros_ec_command {
  * @was_wake_device: true if this device was set to wake the system from
  * sleep at the last suspend
  * @event_notifier: interrupt event notifier for transport devices
- * @command_send: send a command
- * @command_recv: receive a response
- * @command_sendrecv: send a command and receive a response
+ * @cmd_xfer: send command to EC and get response
+ *     Returns 0 if the communication succeeded, but that doesn't mean the EC
+ *     was happy with the command it got. Caller should check msg.result for
+ *     the EC's result code.
  *
  * @priv: Private data
  * @irq: Interrupt to use
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@ struct cros_ec_command {
  * @parent: pointer to parent device (e.g. i2c or spi device)
  * @wake_enabled: true if this device can wake the system from sleep
  * @lock: one transaction at a time
- * @cmd_xfer: low-level channel to the EC
  */
 struct cros_ec_device {
 
@@ -94,13 +94,8 @@ struct cros_ec_device {
 	bool was_wake_device;
 	struct class *cros_class;
 	struct blocking_notifier_head event_notifier;
-	int (*command_send)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
-			    uint16_t cmd, void *out_buf, int out_len);
-	int (*command_recv)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
-			    uint16_t cmd, void *in_buf, int in_len);
-	int (*command_sendrecv)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
-				uint16_t cmd, void *out_buf, int out_len,
-				void *in_buf, int in_len);
+	int (*cmd_xfer)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
+			struct cros_ec_command *msg);
 
 	/* These are used to implement the platform-specific interface */
 	void *priv;
@@ -112,8 +107,6 @@ struct cros_ec_device {
 	struct device *parent;
 	bool wake_enabled;
 	struct mutex lock;
-	int (*cmd_xfer)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
-			struct cros_ec_command *msg);
 };
 
 /**
